How much does OxyContin sell for on the street?

OxyContin sells on the street for about $1 per milligram and between $40 to $80 for a standard tablet, according to a 2009 report the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

On Oct. 27, 2009, the Bartell Drug Store at 1820 North 45th Street was robbed. Court documents show $344 of OxyContin was taken and that had a street value of $2,060.

The following month, the Rite Aid Pharmacy at 2707 Rainier Avenue South was robbed and $748.99 of OxyContin was taken with $491 cash. That had a street value of $4,000, according to court documents.

On Nov. 11, 2009 that same Rite Aid was robbed again. In that case, $1,382.78 of OxyContin was stolen with $140 cash. Police say that had a street value of $8,000.

Robberies of branded painkiller OxyContin and the similar generic drug oxycodone are common. King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg said in an August 2009 statement that pharmacy robberies doubled in the previous two years and Washington was seventh in the nation for pharmacy robberies.

In 2008, more people died from overdoses of prescription drugs than died from heroin, cocaine, or methamphetamine overdoses. Of the 256 overdose deaths reported in 2008, 153 of them were related to prescription drugs.